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These Science of Reading-based literacy center activities have students use their knowledge of heart words (irregularly spelled high-frequency words) to create phoneme-grapheme word associations and practice phonemic awareness skills. This resource also includes editable templates to create a heart word center with any word.
Research shows irregular high-frequency words can be committed to memory after 1-4 exposures. For struggling readers, it can take up to 20 exposures. These centers will provide your students with the practice they need to be able to store heart words into their sight word memories. Use these activities for review at a center after you have explicitly and systematically introduced heart words to your students. Check out my Heart Words Teaching Slides for more!
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Included in this bundle:
Heart Word Mystery Words
- 56 game mats including 220 words
- Self-checking heart word cards
- Sound reference chart
- Recording sheet for optional use
Heart Word Mapping
- Heart word mapping pop fidget printables
- 220 heart word cards
- Editable templates included to use with any word
- Color and Black & White versions included
- Additional heart word mapping pop fidget printables included for words with up to 8 sounds
Heart Word Mapping Task Cards
- Word mapping printable task cards for 220 words
- Editable templates included to use with any word
- Color and Black & White versions included
Heart Word Mapping Digital Slides
- Heart word mapping digital slides with audio for 220 words
- Self-check box included for each slide
- Editable templates included to use with any word
- Seesaw compatible PNGs for 220 words (NOT a premade seesaw activity
220 high-frequency words included:
the to and he a I you it of in was said his that she for on they but had at him with up all look is her there some out as be have go we am then little down do can could when did what so see not were get them like one this my would me will yes big went are come if now long no came ask very an over your its how know right put too got take where every pretty jump green four ride into just blue red from good any about around want don’t away old by their here saw call after well think ran let help make going sleep brown yellow five six walk two or before eat again play who been may stop off never seven eight cold today fly myself round tell much keep give work first try new must start black white ten does bring goes write always drink once soon made run gave open has find only us three our better hold buy funny warm ate full those done use fast say light pick hurt pull cut kind both sit which fall carry small under read why own found those which their always were could where about again wash show hot because far live draw clean grow best upon these sing together please thank wish many shall laugh
Darlin Diaz –
My students were very engaged and enjoyed using all the different resources to practice heart words.
amber C. –
This was wonderful! Thank you!
Laura N. –
My students loved using this product to map heart words.
Holly D. –
Great resource!
KinderAdventures –
Love this resource!
Kimberley W. –
I love that students realize that there is some rhyme and reason to these words and that they do not just have to memorize.
andrea C. –
thank you!
Lindsay L. –
Engaging and helpful resource that I’ve been using with my own kids and I plan on using with my classes this upcoming school year. Thank you.
Chris G. –
This has really helped teach sight words.
Amber W. –
This resource was engaging for my students! Thank you so much!
Kinder Teacher Life ABC –
This is PERFECT for teaching SOR! LOVE this resource for literacy centers! Thank YOU!
Future is Everything –
Great resource to support my struggling reads to learn unfamiliar words.
Beth D. –
Helpful resource
Jerica C. –
Great to use during small groups! My kids really enjoy these!
Julie M. –
My students love the hands on use of pop-its to help students hear the sounds in the heart words to help them identify the sounds that are not regular. These activities are very quick to prep and are editable to make sure they can be aligned to ant curriculum to make it more aligned to SOR strategies.
Emily Bystry –
I loved using this resource in one of my small groups. It really helped them get a solid understanding of blending the sight words they would get stuck on. Great resource, and highly recommend.
Rikki H. –
Students love pop its! This is an engaging way to learn and work on heart words. It is my hope to use it even more next year!
Karina C. –
We have been using heart words more often in my class, and this helped us to dig deeper into it! Thank you
Amy Amos –
My students LOVE heart words and mapping!
Mrs Battistas Crayon Box –
I absolutely love this resource! It was easy to put together, and my students are actually engaged with learning their sight words. So thankful for these!